BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell heads to Miami on Friday in a 5:00 PM tip-off at the Watsco Center. The game will be broadcast on ACCNX.
NATIONALLY RANKED DEFENSE
- Campbell is the only program in the nation to be ranked in the top-25 in scoring defense in each of the past eight seasons
- In the Ronny Fisher era (since 2016-17) Campbell has held 42 opponents to 40 points or less and 105 opponents to 50 points or less
- Last season Campbell ranked:
- 8th nationally and 1st in the CAA in scoring defense (55.1 points per game allowed)
- 31st nationally in field goal percentage defense (37.1%)
- 10th nationally in three-point percentage defense (26.5%)
- Additionally, Campbell ranked 23rd nationally giving up only 13.8 fouls per game
LAST TIME OUT
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
- Miami owns a 4-0 record entering Friday's matchup and are receiving votes in the latest AP Poll
- Haley Cavinder leads the Hurricanes averaging 15.5 points and 5.8 boards while her twin sister Hanna Cavinder leads the way with 4.8 assists per game
- For the first time in 19 years, the Hurricanes are led by a new head coach in veteran Tricia Cullop who won 476 games with 10 20-win seasons in her head coaching career at Evansville and Toledo
SERIES HISTORY
- Campbell and Miami meet for the first time on Friday
A WIN WOULD...
- Be the 621st win in Division-I program history (620-487)
- Be head coach Ronny Fisher's 253rd career victory (252-235)
- Be Coach Fisher's 156th win at Campbell (155-91)
TUCKER GOES FOR 24
- Freshman guard Olivia Tucker poured in 24 points in Campbell's 58-51 win over ETSU
- Tucker scored 15 in the first half and finished shooting 8-of-14 from the floor and 5-of-8 from three
- Her 24 points marked the most in the Ronny Fisher era (since 2016-17) and came close to setting the freshman single-game record of 27 set by Beth Stockwell in 1992-93
BOARD WORK FOR FULLER
- Senior guard Audrey Fuller has set multiple career-highs in rebounding so far this season
- The Brisbane, Australia native tied her career-high with 9 boards against Mount Olive in the season opener and set new career-bests with 10 rebounds against High Point and 11 rebounds against ETSU
NUNEZ DOES IT ALL
- Gemma Nunez ranks 22nd nationally averaging 6.0 assists and 37rd with 3.0 steals
- The junior has set career-highs with 15 points (vs. Western Carolina) and 10 assists (vs. High Point) this season
FELTON NAMED CAA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
- Freshman guard Jasmine Felton was named CAA Rookie of the Week on Nov. 18
- Felton led all scorers in Campbell's 60-47 win over High Point, totaling14 points in 23 minutes off the bench
- The Elizabeth City, N.C. native also added five boards, two assists and three steals
WIN NO. 250 FOR COACH FISHER
- Head coach Ronny Fisher picked up his 250th career win in Campbell's season opening victory over Mount Olive
HOMEGROWN TALENT
- Campbell enters the 2024-25 season as one of six D-I programs without a transfer (from any level) on its roster for a second-straight season (Air Force, Brown, Cornell, Princeton, South Dakota St.)
HEAD COACH RONNY FISHER
- A three-time Big South Coach of the Year, Ronny Fisher enters his ninth season at the helm of Campbell women's basketball and 17th as a head coach overall
- Over the previous eight seasons, Campbell has won 152 games for an average of 19 wins per season (152-90)
- Fisher enters the 2024-25 season with 249 career wins (249-234), which ranks 2nd most amongst active CAA coaches trailing only Charleston's Robin Harmony with 317 wins (317-183)
- Under Fisher, the Camels claimed the 2019-20 and 2021-22 Big South regular season titles and finished as Big South tournament runners-up in 2019, 2021 and 2022
- Fisher has also led Campbell to its first-ever WNIT berth in 2021-22 along with two other postseason appearances in the WBI. He helped the Camels claim their first ever postseason win in the 2019 WBI
- Previously served as head coach at Presbyterian (2008-16)
